Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc1)

PART 5 E+W COLLABORATIVE WORKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS

CHAPTER 3 E+W ESTABLISHING CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES where request has been made

Applications to establish a corporate joint committee E+W

70 Application by principal councils to establish a corporate joint committee E+W

(1) Any two or more principal councils may jointly make an application (a “joint committee application”) to the Welsh Ministers, asking them to consider making regulations under section 72 establishing a corporate joint committee to exercise—

(a) a function of those councils;

(b) the economic well-being function,

in relation to the principal areas of those councils.

(2) If, following receipt of a joint committee application, the Welsh Ministers decide not to make regulations under section 72, they must notify the principal councils that made the application.

71 Consultation before making joint committee application E+W

Before making a joint committee application the principal councils must consult—

(a) local people in the principal councils' areas,

(b) each of the councils for communities in the principal councils' areas,

(c) the National Park authority for a National Park, any part of which is in the area of any of the principal councils,

(d) the public services board or boards for the principal councils' areas,

(e) every trade union which is recognised (within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52)) by one or more of the principal councils, and

(f) such other persons as the principal councils consider appropriate.